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[lsanderson]

In the South, a Force to Challenge the G.O.P.


By ADAM NOSSITER and JANNY SCOTT
Published: May 16, 2008

NEW ORLEANS — The sharp surge in black turnout that Senator Barack Obama has helped to generate in recent primaries and Congressional races could signal a threat this fall to the longtime Republican dominance of the South, according to politicians and voting experts. More

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[guppiecat]

longtime Republican dominance of the South

Umm, hasn't the South been "longtime" Democratic voters, based on the logic that it was the Republicans (Lincoln) that warred with them, killed their economy and altered their way of life? Isn't their shift towards Republicanism a somewhat recent change?

Uhm, no

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Ever since that rascal Johnson, himself a southerner, fought for and won civil rights legilation, the white South has tended to vote Republicans based on the sekrit racist terms & tendencies of Nixon, Reagan, Bush & Bush. It's not been Dixiecrat territory for quite some time.

Re: Uhm, no

[guppiecat]

Ah. I apparently have a different definition of "longtime".

Not surprising, actually.